Bard vs Illaoi
How to Beat Illaoi as Bard
based on 1,756 Bard vs Illaoi matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Bard vs Illaoi Matchup Summary
Best Bard vs Illaoi Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Illaoi as Bard
Tips for Playing as Bard against Illaoi
Don't forget that enemies can also use your Magical Journey doorways, and that your ultimate can also hit your allies!
Let your Caretaker's Shrines charge up - they heal for a lot more when at full power.
It's important to collect chimes to improve your meep's attacks, but don't neglect your lane partner! Try to make a big entrance by bringing an ally into the lane with you with Magical Journey.
Advice to Win Against Illaoi
Killing Tentacles whenever possible will make it much easier to win a fight against Illaoi.
When your spirit gets pulled out, fight back if you can. Dealing damage to Illaoi reduces the spirit's duration.
Avoid grouping up for Leap of Faith to reduce the number of Tentacles available to Illaoi.
Bard vs Illaoi Counter Stats
How to Counter Illaoi with Bard in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show some influential Bard against Illaoi counter statistics that may help us appreciate the distinctions between this set of champs. Bard’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Illaoi’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Bard may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Illaoi. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Bard typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. Typically, he receives less damage than Illaoi. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Bard and Illaoi
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Who is Better, Bard or Illaoi?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Bard usually wins when playing against Illaoi, with a 51.3% win rate. As a result, Bard makes a good counter to Illaoi.
While Bard does have a higher win rate compared to Illaoi, when facing one another, Bard also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champion to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Bard into Illaoias his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Bard has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Illaoi. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Bard vs Illaoi matchups, Bard is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Bard is a decent counter for Illaoi. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Bard against Illaoi.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Bard in order to counter Illaoi during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Bard usually picks up a lot less CS compared to Illaoi. Champs who on average don't earn much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Bard versus Illaoi build include Trailblazer, Knight's Vow, and Locket of the Iron Solari. When Bard combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better versus Illaoi than with many other common item sets. In fact, Bard had an average winrate of 51.3% when countering Illaoi with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of vanquishing Illaoi as Bard, Bard players should take the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Bard vs Illaoi battles, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 51.3% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Illaoi as Bard are displayed for every ranked division. To narrow the statistics and builds to a distinct player tier, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.